I Never Believed In Ghosts Until . . .

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Summary: Just the book I was looking for!!!
Review: Great book!!! I loved that it only took a few minutes to read each creepy story. I became addicted to it and couldnt walk past this book without picking it up and reading a little bit more. I just was unhappy when I finished it because I wanted more!!!!
Would be great as a gift to someone else or yourself!!!! Great to read in bed!

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Summary: Not to be read in bed!
Review: I am not a big reader but I have a large interest in ghost stories... I purchased this book last fall and read it in a week cover to cover... Each story is so different and you get swallowed into the book.

I enjoyed the book very much. I hope you will too!

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Summary: Straightforward, no frills.
Review: I bought this book 10 years ago in '94 and to this day, still pick it up from time to time and re-read any one of the great stories inside.

From the creepy and spine-chilling to the sweet and sentimental, these ghost stories from real life people are the kind you hear from friends sitting around after a good dinner. Whichever kind of story, your hair will stand on end more often than you expect, guaranteed.

My only complaint is that USA Weekend hasn't come up with a sequel already.

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Summary: Suprisingly Good Ghost Stories
Review: I finally decided to try this book out after months of passing it up. I'm disappointed in myself for doing so, it turned out better than expected.

So I expected some really bad "not-scary" ghost stories. Okay, so a lot of 'em aren't scary, but they're still good.

USA Weekend's editor's had readers write in with their personal experiences with ghosts. After receiving over five hundred stories, and publishing only six for their Halloween Special, they came up with this book, including the top one hundred stories.

Stories range from throughout many types of ghosts. A lot of the stories are one-time encounters, while a few lasted as long as a family was in a home. There are the scary, midnight stories with entity attacks, but then there are the sad, heartfelt stories of entities who can't find their way out because they are looking for something.

This did turn out to be better than expected. Just a lot of "real" ghost stories for you to read while going to sleep, having a slumber party, or working that third shift in a huge building all by yourself (like me!).

~Natalie Kilpatrick

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Summary: Fluffy but fun.
Review: If you are looking for ghost investigations, haunted sites to inspect, stories with a lot of depth, or just some really frightening ghost stories, this is not the book for you. These are stories submitted to USA Today by its readers and they have crammed 100 stories into a little over 200 pages so it is obvious that most of these stories are less than two pages long. For the most part these are "When I was a little girl..." or, "One night when I was alone in the house..." stories. In other words, the stories are short and sweet and straight to the point. A few of these writers had indeed done some research and found out just why the ghost might have been there or who it might have been, but not many.

On the other hand this is a fun book and I enjoyed it immensely. The stories generally come straight from the eyewitnesses and have the definite sound of truth. Most of the stories try to be scary, but aren't really, except for the story of the secret door. That one was indeed rather eerie and the best chapter by far is the one titled Hauntings, which contained the secret door story. Some of the stories never tried to be scary but were quite touching. They say love never dies and some of these stories bring that to mind. You really won't learn much from this book but you will have a blast reading it. For the serious student of the paranormal this book will be a let down but for the rest of us who like good ghost stories it's a winner.

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Summary: DIY dead guys
Review: Most ghost-story compilations center around the same old stories -- the Bell Witch, Lizzie Borden house, Winchester Mansion, yada yada yada. This one is different. The stories are unique, told in the everyday language of the folks who experienced it, and all of the stories are a welcome surprise -- some funny, some poignant, and some (YES!) downright creepy. Well worth the read.

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Summary: Great creepy fun for fans of the real-life ghost story!
Review: This book is such a fun read for fans of real-life ghost stories -- the stories are well-written and (for the most part) quite believeable. Many of them are also pretty chilling -- don't read this one late at night by yourself!

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Summary: I see dead people...yes!
Review: This book was one that I had seen advertised for quite a while, so I finally decided to order it. When i received it, I thought that I would be getting a collection of terrifying stories and encounters. What I got instead was a collection on normal citizens encounters, in their own words. This was much more than I was expecting.

Some of the stories left me looking over my shoulder at each sound, while some of them left me a little disappointed. All in all, this was a great book, and I recommend it to everyone. The fact that there were this many people that were willing to come forward to a nationwide publication and tell their story made me feel that the world of the unknown will someday be more widely accepted.

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Summary: Best True Ghost Book Ever!
Review: This is my all time favorite ghost book, #1 on my list. I've even read it more than once, and it never fails to inspire goosebumps. It's full of terrifying tales that will leave you on edge and have you listening for every bump in the night. What's more, all of the tales are refreshingly new, not the old stories that have been rehashed a million times. Each is a unique, never before told story from real people, like me and you, who tell their tale in their own words. Presented from their eyes and from their personal experiences, the authenticity of each case shines through--and so does the terror.

My only complaint is that a second book hasn't followed the first. I would certainly like to see USA Weekend put out another.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the supernatural.



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Summary: Real people (and real ghosts?) in today's world.
Review: This is my wife's all-time favorite ghost story book so far. I keep telling her that reading this stuff isn't good for her, but she keeps at it anyhow!

The stories don't have the feel of legend or fireside yarn; they read like accounts from real people of not-so-long-ago which gives the whole book an immediacy that is compelling. The stories are also short enough for a chilling (or touching, as the case may be) quick read at bedtime.

(One of these midnights after she's been reading her stories, I'm going to put on a sheet and scary mask and stand beside the bed until she wakes up - that'll learn her! )